It’s clear they detest all the elements of the medley. But in what way is Chloraseptic going to help?
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Cloraseptic makes it so you cannot feel all that yuck as much. Also changes the taste, though not sure that would be a plus.
My vague, distant, unpleasant memory of Chloraseptic is that it has such a strong, astringent mint flavor that it would mask nearly anything else. It’s like hanging one of those infernal scented trees from your rear-view mirror: you may not notice the cigarette smoke (as much), but it’s also impossible to smell anything else (neither good nor bad).
The active ingredient in Chloraseptic spray is Phenol, which is a mild analgesic and antiseptic agent. As an analgesic, it would serve to numb the mouth, perhaps making this dish less painful to eat. Not sure on its precise effect on taste receptors.
So nobody else thinks there could be an element of disguising their breath? Like teenagers who have been smoking (and don’t realize the smell is all over their clothing).
Actually there are two ways this might work. Straightforwardly, they know that eating the lunch provided will give them bad breath, and covering it with the Chloraseptic will make them more acceptable to peers.
Or going beyond the given storyline, if they have substituted or supplemented the caff lunch with burgers or pizza, the medicine will disguise their giveaway breaths from teachers and parents.
Yours in paranoia,
@ Dana (4) – Your “breath freshener” theory would work better if they used the stuff after they finished eating, rather than in advance.
It’s a numbing agent; perhaps they’re trying to supress their gag response?
If they don’t like the meal – that is why from the 3rd week of first grade* to when I started high school and stopped eating lunch, I had half a peanut butter sandwich on white bread for lunch. One time while in junior high mom gave me a full sandwich – I brought the other half home – she had decided that I must be hungry with only half a sandwich.
*It took me that long to figure out that hot lunch school would not work for me – even if the lunch was something I liked one had to eat EVERYTHING served. I didn’t (and still do not) eat things such as cole slaw, pickles, sauerkraut, mustard, ketchup, mayo, butter in a sandwich. Some of this (such as the butter) is because it was not something my mother ever did. The rest was I just don’t like the sight, smell, and taste of the condiments.
Somehow when I mentioned to my (now 95yo) mom in a conversation by phone a couple of months ago that I still am a picky eater – she was somehow surprised at the idea I was ever same. Well, it gave us a conversation for that call.
On the other hand it took Robert quite a number of years to understand the rules of what I won’t eat, but I will have these items for him – even though washing mustard off a plate is really gross to me.
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texture.
Cloraseptic makes it so you cannot feel all that yuck as much. Also changes the taste, though not sure that would be a plus.
My vague, distant, unpleasant memory of Chloraseptic is that it has such a strong, astringent mint flavor that it would mask nearly anything else. It’s like hanging one of those infernal scented trees from your rear-view mirror: you may not notice the cigarette smoke (as much), but it’s also impossible to smell anything else (neither good nor bad).
The active ingredient in Chloraseptic spray is Phenol, which is a mild analgesic and antiseptic agent. As an analgesic, it would serve to numb the mouth, perhaps making this dish less painful to eat. Not sure on its precise effect on taste receptors.
So nobody else thinks there could be an element of disguising their breath? Like teenagers who have been smoking (and don’t realize the smell is all over their clothing).
Actually there are two ways this might work. Straightforwardly, they know that eating the lunch provided will give them bad breath, and covering it with the Chloraseptic will make them more acceptable to peers.
Or going beyond the given storyline, if they have substituted or supplemented the caff lunch with burgers or pizza, the medicine will disguise their giveaway breaths from teachers and parents.
Yours in paranoia,
@ Dana (4) – Your “breath freshener” theory would work better if they used the stuff after they finished eating, rather than in advance.
It’s a numbing agent; perhaps they’re trying to supress their gag response?
If they don’t like the meal – that is why from the 3rd week of first grade* to when I started high school and stopped eating lunch, I had half a peanut butter sandwich on white bread for lunch. One time while in junior high mom gave me a full sandwich – I brought the other half home – she had decided that I must be hungry with only half a sandwich.
*It took me that long to figure out that hot lunch school would not work for me – even if the lunch was something I liked one had to eat EVERYTHING served. I didn’t (and still do not) eat things such as cole slaw, pickles, sauerkraut, mustard, ketchup, mayo, butter in a sandwich. Some of this (such as the butter) is because it was not something my mother ever did. The rest was I just don’t like the sight, smell, and taste of the condiments.
Somehow when I mentioned to my (now 95yo) mom in a conversation by phone a couple of months ago that I still am a picky eater – she was somehow surprised at the idea I was ever same. Well, it gave us a conversation for that call.
On the other hand it took Robert quite a number of years to understand the rules of what I won’t eat, but I will have these items for him – even though washing mustard off a plate is really gross to me.